Universal washline



Feb. 26, 1929. 1,703,195

R. JOCHIMSEN ETAL UNIVERSAL WASH LINE Filed Jan. 19. 1926 Z5 M Y I 25 7 2% a Bidzard 221 238;

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entree srarss RICHARD J'OOHIMSEN AND BRUNO HENZE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UNIVERSAL WASHLINE.

Application filed January lhis invention relates to laundry devices and more particularly to means for supporting articles while drying and airing.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide means for allowing articles gripped independent devices to freely pass around sprockets or other rotary means in such manner as enabling the conveyor to be loaded with wash along its entire length and;

A further feature is to provide a plurality after described and shown in the accompany ing drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure. and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the device in position. connected to a wall.

Figure 2 is a partial bottom plan, partial sectional view, the section being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the chain showing the location of the hooks carry ng clothes pins.

i Figure l is a detailed view of the clothes pin. K Figure 5 is a detailed view of the links shown in Figure 3 drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 a similar view showing the manner in which the hook carrying links are connected to the links.

Figure T is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 2, drawn to an enlarged scale. I p

in the drawing, the numeral 10 generally notes a metal plate secured to a wall add 7 jaccat a window having rigidly attached to preferably triangularly shaped post 11.

Removahly engageable on the post 11 is a metal frame 12 having a triangularly shaped head 13 and arms 14 bent to form parallel portions 15,

19, 1926. Serial No. 82,189.

Mounted at the ends of the portions 15 are pins 16 passing therethrough and set in a wooden block 17 to pivotally hold the same in position; the pins having slots near their outer ends to engage with washers 18.

Rigidly secured in the block or support 17 by pins 19 acting as keys is a plurality of shafts 20 having rotatably mounted on them sprocket wheels 21, 22 and 23. The shafts 20 have slots 2e near their outer ends, the hubs 25 of the sprocket wheels being made to abut, against the block 17 by washers 26 removably engageable in the slots 24.

Passing over the teeth 27 of the wheels 21 and 23 and engaging therewith is an endless chain or conveyor 28 guided by the teeth of the wheel 22. The chain, preferably made of aluminium to prevent rust and diminish weight, consists of links 29 and 29 shown in detail, in Figures 3 and 5.

Positioned at spaced intervals on the chain 28 and formed from one end of the links 29 are hooks 30 as best seen in Figure 6.

Removably engageable with the hooks 30 are clothes pins consisting of a metal loop 31 having secured to it, two spring arms 32 bent at their ends to engage in the sides of two wooden blocks 33 having undulated interen gageable inner surfaces 34.

In operation, the blocks 33 are separated, an end of a garment is placed therebetween, and the blocks allowed to snap back in position, thus effectively gripping the same.

By means of the loop 31, the clothes pin is then hung on the hook 30 of the chain 28; whereupon the chain is manually moved to allow the garment to take a position in the open court for drying or airing.

From the foregoing it may be seen that a single garment can be readily removed from the line, without disturbing the position of other garments alsosuspended from the line.

Although considerable detail has been gone into in describing the invention, it is purely descriptive and illustrative, not limitative, as obviously many minor changes may be made in details of constructionwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letoertain of the links of said conveyor chain plane, and spaced hooks integrally formed on BRUNO HENZE.

ters Patent, is adapted to engage carrying devices.

In a Wash line, a horizontal support, In Witness whereof We have signed our sprockets reniovahly arranged on said supnames. i 5 port, an endless conveyor chain carried and a guided by said sprockets in a horizontal RICHARD JOCHIMSEN. 

